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Originally Posted by Stubby79
Why is it that automakers of sleek/fast cars appear to make the top half of the car conform to the same curve as the template? (were the template only half the height of the car)
Especially if it isn't actually optimal? |
I think your are talking about what I did a few years ago. However I was calling it "scaling the template down in size to fit the canopy".
It was explained to me this does not work because of the ground pressure wave consideration. In other words the template is sized for the height (high point), and that's that.
Now if you are looking at really low exotic cars, I have yet to see one lower than the template would allow for.
Either way, such a question is best poised with a graphic for clarification. Otherwise we can only guess at what you really mean.
The posts I'm thinking of are in the Aero-Template thread (a sticky thread), but also see Neil's post #58 in link below.
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...t-20793-6.html